Keyboard keys

Commonly known as "function keys", F1 through F12 may have a variety of different uses or no use at all. Depending on the installed operating system and the software program currently open will change how each of these keys operate.

Below is a short-listing of some of the common functions of the functions keys on computers for Microsoft Windows. As mentioned above not all programs support function keys and may perform different tasks then those mentioned below.

F1

# Almost always used as the help key, almost all program will open the help screen  when this key   is pressed. also need it Enter CMOS Setup.

# Windows Key + F1 would open the Microsoft Windows help and support center.

F2

#  In Windows commonly used to rename a highlighted icon or file.

# Alt + Ctrl + F2 opens document window in Microsoft word.

# Ctrl + F2 displays the print preview window in Microsoft Word.

# Enter CMOS setup.

# Cursor active in Microsoft Excel cell.

F3

# Often opens a search feature for many programs including Microsoft Windows.

# In MS-DOS or Windows command line F3 will repeat the last command.

# Shift + F3 will change the text in Microsoft Word from upper to lower case or a capital     letter at the beginning of every word.

F4

# Open find window.

# Repeat the last action performed (Word 2000+)

# Alt + F4 will close the program currently active in Microsoft Windows & another     program.

# Ctrl + F4 will close the open window within the current active window in Microsoft     Windows.

F5

# In all modern Internet browsers pressing F5 will refresh or reload the page or     document window.

# Open the find, replace, and go to window in Microsoft Word.

# Execute a slideshow in PowerPoint.

F6

#  Move the cursor to the Address bar in Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox.

# Ctrl + Shift + F6 opens to another open New Microsoft Word document.

F7

# Commonly used to spell check and grammar check a document in Microsoft programs     such as Microsoft Word, Power point, Outlook, etc.

# Shift + F7 runs a Thesaurus check on the MS word highlighted.

# Turns on Caret browsing in Mozilla Firefox.

F8

# Function key used to enter the Windows startup menu, commonly used to access     Windows Safe Model.

F9

# Starts the Measurements toolbar in Quark 5.0.

F10

# In Microsoft Windows activates the menu bar of an open application.

# Shift + F10 is the same as right- clicking on a highlighted icon, file, or Internet link.

# Access the hidden recovery partition on HP and Sony computers.

# Enter CMOS Setup..

F11

# Full-screen mode in all modern Internet browsers.

# Ctrl + F11 as computer is starting to access the hidden recovery partition on many Dell     computers.

# Access the hidden recovery partition on eMachines, Gateway, and Lenovo computers.

F12

# Open the Save as window in Microsoft Word.

# Shift + F12 save the Microsoft Word document.

# Ctrl + Shift + F12 prints a document in Microsoft Word.

# Preview a page in Microsoft Expression Web.